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How is the Internet Changing Labor Market Arrangements? Evidence from Telecommunications Reforms in Europe
Vazquez, Emmanuel Jose - 2017
between the rise of alternative work arrangements and the emergence of the Internet. The paper evaluates whether sectors that …
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The Internet and Chinese Exports in the Pre-Alibaba Era
Fernandes, Ana M. - 2018
This paper uses the dramatic expansion of access to the Internet in China to analyze the impact of the Internet on firm … performance. The paper combines firm-level production data with province-level information on Internet penetration to examine how … the rollout of the Internet across Chinese provinces between 1999 and 2007 influenced firms' export behavior. The …
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On the Frontlines of Scaling-Up : A Qualitative Analysis of Implementation Challenges in a CDD Project in Rural India
Majumdar, Shruti - 2017
This paper analyzes four years of qualitative data observing a large participatory anti-poverty project in India as it scales up from its first phase (covering 400,000 households) to its second (covering 800,000 households). Focusing on the frontlines of change -- at the village level, the...
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Relief from Usury : Impact of a Community-Based Microcredit Program in Rural India
Hoffmann, Vivian - 2017
The impact of micro-credit interventions on existing credit markets is theoretically ambiguous. Previous empirical work suggests the entry of a joint-liability lender may lead to a positive impact on the informal lending rate. This paper presents the first randomized controlled trial-based...
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Electrification and Women's Empowerment : Evidence from Rural India
Samad, Hussain A. - 2019
Electrification has been shown to accelerate opportunities for women by moving them into more productive activities, but whether improvements in economic outcomes also change gender norms and practices within the household remains unclear. This paper investigates the causal link between...
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Shifting Social Norms to Reduce Open Defecation in Rural India
Gauri, Varun - 2019
Toilet ownership in India has grown in recent years, but open defecation can persist even when rural households own latrines. There are at least two pathways through which social norms inhibit the use of toilets in rural India: (i) beliefs/expectations that others do not use toilets or latrines...
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Changing Wage Structure in India in the Post-Reform Era : 1993-2011
Jacoby, Hanan G. - 2017
This paper documents the changing structure of wages in India over the post-reform era, the roughly two-decade period since 1993. To investigate the factors underlying these changes, a supply-demand framework is applied at the level of the Indian state. While real wages have risen across India...
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Recasting Culture to Undo Gender : A Sociological Analysis of Jeevika in Rural Bihar, India
Sanyal, Paromita - 2017
This paper brings together sociological theories of culture and gender to answer the question ? how do large-scale development interventions induce cultural change? Through three years of ethnographic work in rural Bihar, the authors examine this question in the context of Jeevika, a World...
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Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas : The Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups
Casini, Paolo - 2017
Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods within village communities. Using a theoretical model, this paper shows that an elected...
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What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?
Klasen, Stephan - 2017
Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated since the late 1980s. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, married women's labor force participation hovered around 18 percent. Analysis...
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